The EU Commission is currently gathering feedback from open source communities in order to tailor its open source funding accordingly. Wouldn’t that also be something for @python.org?
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#EU #OpenSource #Python #DigitalSovereignty

Quite a good article. We should also not forget about sovereignty and privacy.

Ever heard of static protocols in Python? Static protocols bring structural typing to Python: type compatibility based on behaviour, not inheritance. In this article, I explain more about it. Thanks for sharing
@pycoders.com @realpython.com 🥳!
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New Post 🫰📝🖊️Static Protocols in Python: Behaviour Over Inheritance
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Has anyone already read "Frictionless" from @nicolefv.bsky.social and Abi Noda and can share some personal insights?👀🔍 I wonder how applicable it is to improving dev experience.

If you build internal dev tooling:
how do you decide between
– shipping something new
– stabilising what exists
?

№ 7 is my favorite.

Why Start a Blog in 2026? 9 Solid Reasons From a Blogger. By Nick Schäferhoff.

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I haven't run an .exe file in ages (I use macOS). Hilarious that `./python.exe -m test -j8` ends this for me.

In this blog post I share my boat-building analogy for balancing features, improvements, and architecture in software products—I loved writing this because it finally made sense of that “what should we build next?” dilemma! https://patrickm.de/building-internal-dev-tools/

In this blog post I share how building my first Star Wars knowledge graph led me to the fascinating world of open vs. closed world assumptions—discover why this sparked so many “aha!” moments for me! https://patrickm.de/knowledge-graph-open-or-closed-world/

✍️New Post ✍️
Python's async support is 10 years old this year. Python 3.14 has "proper" parallelism now -- free-threading and subinterpreter pool workers, so does that make async redundant? I look into the use cases and challenges of asyncio.
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Have you ever wondered if ChatGPT spells the end for software engineering? Writing this post fired me up—I loved exploring why LLMs are powerful yet flawed, and why real thinking still matters more than ever! https://patrickm.de/llm-hypetrain-pamphlet/

In this blog post I share how embracing TDD transformed my approach to software quality—I was surprised by how much it improved my code and productivity, and I’m excited to pass on what I’ve learned! https://patrickm.de/why-tdd/